President George W. Bush today announced his intention to name
Kenneth Rapuano to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security.

Mr. Rapuano currently serves as Deputy Under Secretary of Energy
for Counterterrorism, where he oversees nuclear counterterrorism
activities and coordinates policy for the National Nuclear Security
Administration. He previously served as Senior Policy Advisor for
National Security at the Department of Energy focusing on
nonproliferation, intelligence, counterintelligence, homeland defense,
and stockpile stewardship. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rapuano was a
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy.

He served on active duty as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine
Corps, and currently serves as an intelligence officer in the U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve. In 2003, he deployed to Iraq for six months in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mr. Rapuano earned a bachelor's
degree from Middlebury College and a master's degree from Georgetown
University.